spattered
adjective /ˈspæt.əd/
/ˈspæt̬.ɚd/ Definition
› covered with small drops of a liquid: a paint-spattered shirt His clothes were spattered with blood.Spreading and scattering
(Definition of spattered adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub verb
- bestrew verb
- billow verb
- circulate verb
- diffuse adjective (SPREAD)
- diffuse verb
- dispersion noun
- fan out phrasal verb
- go round (somewhere) phrasal verb
- go the rounds idiom
- percolate verb (INFORMATION)
- radial adjective
- radiate verb (SPREAD)
- sprawl noun (CITY)
- sprawl verb (CITY)
- spread out phrasal verb
- sprinkling noun
- straggle verb
- sweep verb (MOVE)
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